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Tachyoryctes ibeanus

Kenyan African mole-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Spalacidae
Genus: Tachyoryctes
Species: T. ibeanus
Binomial name
Tachyoryctes ibeanus
Thomas, 1900

The Kenyan African mole-rat or Kenyan mole-rat (Tachyoryctes ibeanus) is a species of rodents in the family Spalacidae. It is endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forest.

Some taxonomic authorities consider it to be conspecific with the East African mole-rat.



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